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Lasting impressions
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4 Dec 23
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Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS takes home the top prize at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023.
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Outside the box
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28 Nov 23
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Tadao Ando’s first Australian structure, MP10, is topped with a giant aluminium disc.
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Eye of the beholder
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28 Nov 23
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Zeitz MOCAA ushers in the summer season with two new lens-based exhibitions.
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Defining tomorrow
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28 Nov 23
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The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced.
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Down to earth
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24 Nov 23
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An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape
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Tied together
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24 Nov 23
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From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran.
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Caring home
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23 Nov 23
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A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role.
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Bodily exchange
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16 Nov 23
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This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
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Pyramid scheme
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16 Nov 23
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The third annual Art D'Égypte exhibition sets contemporary art against the pyramids.
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Talent show
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16 Nov 23
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi has won a prestigious international fashion prize.
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Sci-fi scenes
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6 Nov 23
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Zaha Hadid Architects’ latest building is a futuristic centre of innovation and gathering.
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Fire bug
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6 Nov 23
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A repurposed smartphone becomes a wildfire detection system.
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Face your fears
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6 Nov 23
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These pieces of furniture challenged visitors to confront their biggest phobias.
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Retro icon
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30 Oct 23
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Sixty years of the lava lamp are celebrated with one-of-a-kind designs.
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The sound of air
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30 Oct 23
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The Vox Aeris speaker also cleans indoor air.
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Standing tall
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30 Oct 23
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A pyramid honouring a former dictator becomes a cultural hub.
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Refined sugar
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23 Oct 23
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Sugarcane bio-waste is transformed into building materials.
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Dress to impress
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23 Oct 23
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Adobe’s ever-changing digital dress gives fashion dynamism a whole new meaning.
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Running with the Wolff
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23 Oct 23
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Iconic designer Michael Wolff’s career is explored in a new biography.
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Pieces of history
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23 Oct 23
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This Vietnamese museum is covered in clay tiles from old houses.
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Queer nature
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16 Oct 23
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‘The natural world is anything but straightforward.’
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Sweet spot
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16 Oct 23
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An urban landmark in Brooklyn gets a makeover.
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Reality bites
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16 Oct 23
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Anish Kapoor’s latest exhibition displays the artist’s lifelong interest in materiality.
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Biophilic city
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9 Oct 23
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Singapore is an ever-growing beacon of architecture that embraces nature.
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This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking
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Community living
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16 Aug 22
Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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Star quality
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16 Aug 22
Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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Mr Sandman
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16 Aug 22
Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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